Caroline Louise "Lyn" Ashton (born 29 November 1951 in

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) is an American retired slalom canoeist who competed in the early and mid-1970s. She won a gold medal in the K1 team event at the 1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in

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. She also finished ninth in the K1 event at the

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1951 births American female canoeists Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for the United States Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-canoe-bio-stub